Cherry Blossom's Eyes

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sorry for the long update..again but it's summer. can't really help it.

Cherry Blossom's Eyes

Ch.6

Sakura hurdled her body at full speed towards the Kyubbi in attempt to bring any sort of pain to the thing that had put her heart into so much agony. But before she could get 100 yards towards the Kyubbi a group of ANBU had grabbed onto Sakura preventing her from getting any closer the Kyubbi.

"Let go of me!" Sakura yelled as more tears ran down her cheeks and she struggled for freedom, but their grip wouldn't loosen.

"Please, get a hold of yourself Sakura-san. There is no way for you to hurt the Kyubbi alone!" Said an ANBU member struggling to hold onto her arm.

"B-but my…f-family…" Sakura trailed off as she came to realize her surroundings more and analyze the situation. She stopped struggling as her blinded rage dwindled and she was now into her official business, ninja, mode.

Sakura looked around; yes the Kyubbi had slaughtered her family, NOT her best friend Naruto because the Kyubbi was obviously controlling him. Even with that knowledge, though, she would control her emotions for the time being. She was on a mission, and the mission was to get the Kyubbi out of the village and take it down no matter the costs.

"You can let go of me now." Sakura said calmly and the ANBU cautiously let go of Sakura and focused their attention onto the Kyubbi controlled Naruto. The 'Kyubbi's' sneer turned into a frown, or more of a pout.

"Awww, you took away my fun," The Kyubbi said maliciously but then his frown turned into an evil smile. "But now I have more souls to kill! Even more fun!" Then the 'Kyubbi' smile turned wider to where you could see his teeth, or fangs more so. Then he charged, his claws became sharper and his eyes even more wild and his evil chakra swirled around him infested with killing intent as he neared the group.

He was coming upon them teeth bared ready to rip us to shreds when suddenly he was knocked back by a blue blast coming from somewhere on the roof tops. When the group looked back at the Kyubbi they didn't see any chakra coming from the body all they saw was a sleeping Naruto. Sakura was the first from the group to step forward to see what happened to the Kyubbi. Step by step she came closer to the body and beads of sweat rolled down her forehead in anticipation to what she would find. It was as if time had slowed and every step she took was like a step closer to death.

When she finally reached the body his face was down in the dirt but she could clearly see the rise and fall of breath from the Kyubbi vessel. Sakura cautiously kneeled down next to Naruto and gently rolled him onto his back and what she saw was very surprising.

Naruto's face lacked the whiskers he normally had and the claws and fangs had all vanished from the blast that had spontaneously hit the Kyubbi and had taken everyone off guard. Sakura sent some of her chakra into Naruto's system and found only some of the Kyubbi's chakra remaining. It was sort of like the Kyubbi had almost left Naruto's body completely, 'but that's impossible, right?' Sakura thought as she examined Naruto's body one more time.

"Well…what happened to him Sakura-san?" Asked a ANBU standing next to her. Sakura hesitated before answering.

"I…I'm not exactly sure. His body is fine but the lack of the Kyubbi's chakra is somewhat unsettling. It is like the Kyubbi has almost completely left Naruto's body." Sakura answered examining her best friend's body carefully. So carefully that at first she missed the sound of footsteps coming up next to her.

" Your exactly right Sakura" said a female voice from beside Sakura. Sakura looked up to see her teacher next to her.

"Tsunade-sama did you do that?" Sakura asked her teacher looking at her from her peripheral vision. From that angle Sakura could still see Tsunade nod her head, yes.

"I temporarily removed the Kyubbi from Naruto's body and soul so that we would be fighting the actual monster and not our friend, it would be easier for the shinobi to fight the Kyubbi." Tsunade stated then turned to a ANBU member "Take Naruto Uzumaki to the hospital so that he will be safe from the Kyubbi if he should want to return to his body," The ANBU ninja nodded and took Naruto's body off to the hospital "The rest of you come with me. We are going off to fight the Kyubbi." The Hokage commanded and they all took off.

"Tsunade-sama wouldn't it be easier to fight the Kyubbi in Naruto's form instead of the giant monster that he will now become?" Sakura asked, out of a combination of worry and curiosity.

"In a way but I think that people would be less inclined to attack one of their own then a monster now wouldn't they?" Tsunade replied with knowing smile. Sakura nodded, the Hokage would know best after all. Then Sakura picked up on a small chakra signature still within the Haruno compound. Sakura halted then swiftly turned around and headed back to her home ignoring the yells of her teacher to stop. 'Sorry Shuisou, but if some of my family is still alive there is nothing that will stop me.' Sakura thought as she rounded a corner in her compound and went inside a house that looked familiar.

Sakura ran up the stairs to where the chakra signature was and ran into the room, since the door had been ripped off. On the floor she saw one of the few people in her family that she was actually close to, because in a big family you hardly ever actually know anyone beside your immediate family and the clan leaders.

Sakura knelt down next to her older brother, ojiwaru, and quickly checked his pulse. He was still alive! Sakura quickly poured healing chakra into his system to heal the more severe wounds first. She watched as her chakra stitched her brother's mangled internal organs back together.

"Come on Oji-kun you can make it. Just please hold on" Sakura whispered to her brother's unconscious body as she finished healing his major wounds. For the rest of the injuries she got out a roll of bandages and began covering up the small cuts that he received that would heal on their own. As she was wrapping up the cuts she felt her brother stir and saw his eyes gently open as if he was expecting to see something other than his little sister hovering over him patching him back together.

"Sa-Sakura," Ojiwaru mumbled as he slowly regained consciousness. "Am…am I going to die?" he rasped him throat dry from breathing through him mouth for who knows how long.

Sakura gave him a comforting smile "No Oji-kun you are not going to die as long as I am here." Sakura said as she continued to wrap up his wounds.

"Have you tended to Akiru yet?" Ojiwaru asked as he raised his head up slightly to look at Sakura's face, no matter if it caused him discomfort.

"No, you mean he isn't dead?" Sakura asked with disbelief as she listened to what her brother had to say. If Akiru were alive and injured she would find him since Ojiwaru was well enough so that he wouldn't die if she left.

"I don't know. The last time I saw him was when he went to hide," Ojiwaru stated as he continued to look at Sakura's face. "He hid in the closet outside this room I think." After he said those words he lowered his head back down to the ground as If to say 'go look for him I'll be fine'. That is what she did too. Sakura ran out of the room and quickly went out to the closet and tried opening the door, only to find that it was locked from the inside. 'That must mean he is in there!' Sakura thought as she knocked on the door and said "Akiru-kun, it's me Sakura please open the door you won't get hurt." She listened from the other side and swore she heard a rustle of clothing.

"No your not your probably an evil clone that the evil monster sent after me." She heard a small voice mumble from inside the closet. It sounded weak and terrified and that pained Sakura's heart, she didn't want her little brother in pain.

"It's really me Sakura, please let me in." Sakura begged hopping that he brother would listen to her.

"NO!" Came the reply and Sakura sighed with frustration, 'he could be so stubborn sometimes.' Sakura thought.

"Akiru-kun what do I have to do to prove to you that it really is me, Sakura?" Sakura asked hoping that Akiru would listen to her this one time.

It was quiet for a long time; Sakura was beginning to lose hope that she would even get an answer. Or worse her brother had gotten hurt and had passes out from blood loss and she wouldn't get in without risking that he might still think she was a monster if he was actually awake. "Well," came the small voice again "why…why did I come into your room a few days ago, the time it was important." Akiru asked and left Sakura to think.

Sakura thought about the last few days but she remembered that she was asleep most of the time because she became hospitalized from when the Kyubbi attacked her. Sakura kept thinking but really couldn't come up with anything that had been terribly important between her and her brother. 'Hold up Sakura' She thought 'this is a little kid we are talking about. My important and his important are two completely different things.' Sakura concluded then she began thinking of the last time she had seem her brother.

It had been in her room when Akiru had, had that nightmare. Then it clicked, that's what had been so important. His nightmare.

"Akiru-Kun," Sakura said into the door "was it the time when you came into my room a few days ago because of that nightmare you had?" There was silence. Sakura stood there waiting for a reply from her little brother and it seemed like an eternity had passes before she got a reply.

The door creaked open slightly and she saw a pair of eyes stare at her from inside the closet. "S-Sakura-Chan" Akiru said and Sakura only could nod as the door was thrown open and she felt a pair of small arms wrap around her legs and she looked down and saw her little brother bleeding from small cuts and looking scared out of his fragile little mind.

Sakura knelt down immediately and hugged her brother with all her might never wanting to let go of his small frame ever again. But she knew that it could not last, she had to go fight against the Kyubbi and help protect her village. And the most she could, right now, was make sure that at least two more people of the Haruno clan survived.

"Otouto," Sakura said addressing the little boy in her arms quietly "I'm going to take you and Oji-Kun to the hospital then I have to go, ok?" Akiru shook his head madly.

"No, Saku-Chan I don't want you to go!" He said and began crying and shaking "I think something bad I-is going to hap-pen if you leave, Aneue!" Sakura began rocking the little boy back and forth in her arms, fully aware that this might be the last time that she will ever hold him again. This, however, was the life of a shinobi and her duty always came first. No matter how much she loved her family more than being a ninja, she chose this life and she would have to deal with the consequences, as did they all.

Soon Tsunade came up to Sakura, who had finally found her after about a half an hour of searching, and tapped her on the shoulder.

"Sakura, it's time to go." Sakura's teacher said quietly then walked back downstairs to wait for Sakura and an ANBU went into the room Ojiwaru was in and carried the unconscious man downstairs also. Tsunade did feel sorry for her young student but it really couldn't be helped right now and they needed to get to the fight. She had just gotten a report saying that things were beginning to take a turn for the worst as the ninja were getting tired from the constant fighting and they began to lose more lives.

Akiru was still crying in Sakura's arms as she stood up cradling her little brother in her arms as she walked downstairs. Three ANBU and Tsunade were waiting for her at the bottom of the stairs, no one spoke but Tsunade's face showed her remorse for what happened and was about to come. Since ANBU wore masks it was always hard to tell what they were thinking at any given time. At this point they were just emotionless statues waiting for a command from their master.

That was the way it was supposed to be for any ninja but only ANBU had become masters of the rules of a shinobi. No emotions, no thoughts, just the mind to do what they were told when they were told to do so. Sakura was a jounin not quite ANBU yet and usually debated with herself on whether or not she wanted to be like that.

All these thoughts rushed through Sakura's head as the made their way to the hospital to drop off the injured then on to battle. That was a particular thought that Sakura had been trying to keep out of her head. It would do her no good at all to think about her possible impending doom that came from fighting a demon monstrosity. But it was inevitable, she had to go and protect her brothers, Naruto, and the civilians of Konoha from this major danger hazard, no matter if it cost her, her life.

Her little brother, at the age of seven, knew this. He didn't quite understand it but he knew it could very possibly take away another one of his family members and friends. His older sister meant so much to him that if she died, he would be lost. Ojiwaru was a good older brother but he was never as close to him as he was his sister. That was why Akiru couldn't stop crying and was clinging for dear life to his sister's shirt. He didn't want her to die.

Sakura and Akiru came back to the real world once they stopped moving and focused enough to see that they were at the hospital. Sakura kneeled down on one knee and tried to stand her brother on his two feet but her wouldn't let go of her and he ended up sitting on his butt, on the ground, still clutching onto her shirt.

Sakura sighed as she began prying his little hands off of her shirt "Akiru-kun, I need to go." she said quietly but it resulted in him shaking his head back and forth so fast that he probably lost brain cells. Which resulted in Sakura sighing once again after she, firmly, removed his hands.

"Otouto," Sakura said seriously making the little boy lift his head to look at his sister. "I am going out there to keep you, Oji-kun, and the entire village safe. It is my duty and I couldn't bear it if anything bad would happen because I didn't try or try hard enough." Sakura looked at Akiru to make sure he was getting what she was saying then continued.
"Akiru-kun," Sakura said her tone softening as she wiped the tears off his cheeks and a small smile on her face "I am going to go fight for my village and the people important to me, and the best thing you can do right now is to stay here, ok. It's too dangerous out there for you so I want you to stay here." Sakura looked to Akiru for a response from the little boy and he nodded meekly but then spoke in a raspy voice.

"Sakura-Chan, I just want you to be safe. I don't want to lose anyone else." Akiru said and began tearing up again.

Sakura just smiled at him and said, "I will be as safe as I can be while still doing my duty, ok?" Sakura knew she wasn't promising much but it was all she could promise without lying to him but from the look on Akiru's face it was more conformation that he had, had before and that made him manage a small smile.

Akiru rubbed his eyes and stood on his feet so that he was as tall as the kneeling Sakura before him and nodded with the smile still on his face. "Thanks, Saku-Chan." Was all he said before Sakura ruffled his hair in a casual fashion, still smiling and stood up.

"See you later Akiru-kun!" Sakura called over her shoulder as she walked towards Tsunade and the ANBU. Once she reached them her smile was gone and she was braiding her hair so that it would stay out of her face while fighting. After that was done an ANBU handed her, her weapons then they took off.

Sakura could tell from the closing of the hospital door that Akiru and Ojiwaru were inside and that made her more relieved than ever. Now Sakura was bound and determined to do whatever it took to bring down the Kyubbi so that her remaining family would be safe. Even if the price, was death.

Chapter 6 DONE! chapter seven will be the begining of fighting and 8 will be compleat fighting. just a warning there

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